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gests playing this game or that, and the busier you keep your 
•little guests the better time they will have. v 


Here you will find party games for every holiday and birth T 
days as -syelL . The/ will n6t only relieve you of finding something 
different to play at your next little tots’ party but they will help 
big sis,ter in planning her own party. 

I have not forgotten That following the games of the after¬ 
noon keen young appetites are ready for the announcement 
‘‘refreshments.” Just what kind of refreshments to have is always 
a source of real study, and this little book not only tells of nice.; 
games^to play and how to play them, but also tells of nice cakes' 
to make and how to make them. 

A party, is never complete without a dainty lunch. Good 
things/to eat have a great appeal to the child, therefore, several 
recipes for cakes, cookies, candies and desserts are given foneach 
holiday/ including the special holiday cake, featured .in each 
illustratibn. 

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Eacji recipe,in this hook will make a sufficient Quantity to 
serve from twelve to fifteen guests. In selecting these I have 
kept uppermost in my mind the fact that good health afid hap¬ 
piness goiiand in hand and^I am sure that you will find all of 
them excellent and vtorthy of their pi,ace in this book. 

* In making these experiments, I became convinced that, the 
mps’t uniform and satisfactory results are asslired 'by using 
Calumet Baking P6wder, and I have, therefore, recommended 
Calumet in all of my reci ; pes. 

Yours r/spectfully , 

Helen Harrington Downing 



















The Qhildren's Tarty Took 


TO BUSY MOTHERS—whose first thoughts are to 
surround the health and happiness of their children 
with every safeguard —we present this book. 

TO BETTER AND HAPPIER HOMES—where the 
absorbing problem of getting the most out of life is 
ever subordinated to the joys and responsibilities of 
parenthood —we dedicate this book. 

We acknowledge our indebtedness to Frances Tipton 
Hunter for the illustrations which carry such a won¬ 
derful appeal to the children, and though we have 
kept the little folks uppermost in our minds while 
planning the games and the refreshments, those se¬ 
lected are appropriate for older children and grown¬ 
ups as well. So The Children's Party Book carries our 
very best wishes to both young and old. 

MARION JANE PARKER 

AND 

HELEN HARRINGTON DOWNING 


Price 50 Cents 

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A FATHER TIME PARTY 

For New Year’s Eve 

A T Father Time’s Party everybody is bound to have 
L a good time, especially if the boys and girls come 
dressed as holidays. 

The invitations should have little clocks drawn at 
the top, pointing to the hour when you wish your 
guests to arrive. They might be worded like this: 

Father Time’s Party’s 
The LAST of December 
At eight o’clock sharp 

And he wants YOU, REMEMBER! 

(Come dressed as a holiday.) 

Each boy and girl should keep the costume a secret 
and it does not matter if several come as the same holi¬ 
days for hardly anyone would have the same idea. Here 
are a few suggestions for costumes: April First, a 
clown; Fourth of July, Uncle Sam; Hallowe’en, a ghost; 
Labor Day, overalls and carrying rake or shovel; 
Thanksgiving, a Pilgrim costume; Washington’s Birth¬ 
day, Colonial costume, etc. 

When the guests have all assembled distribute paper 
and pencils. Then have each Holiday step out in turn 
and the others write down the day they think repre¬ 
sented. The boy or girl having the largest number of 
correct guesses receives five points. 

HOW LONG IS YOUR MEMORY ? 

Have everyone sit in a circle and explain that you are 
going to find out how long each person’s memory is. 

Pass around an open oblong suit case containing 
about fifteen articles one would need on a trip. For 
instance, a tooth brush, two collars, a writing case, 


SUGAR COOKIES 

% cup butter 
% cup sugar 
I e SS (beaten light ) 
i tablespoon milk 
cups flour {about) 
level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
Speck of nutmeg , or any 
flavoring 

Cream the butter, add the 
sugar, cream it thoroughly 
with the butter; add the 
beaten egg, milk, flour and 
baking powder sifted together 
and enough more flour to make 
a dough stiff enough to roll. 
Roll it out thin on a floured 
board, cut it with a floured 
cookie cutter, and bake the 
cookies in a hot oven from five 
to eight minutes (Temp, about 
4 oo° F.). 

SNOW BALLS 

p2 cup butter 
i cup sugar 

2 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 
2yi cups flour 
% cup milk 
4 egg whites 

Cream butter and sugar, add 
milk, and flour and baking 
powder sifted together, then 
egg whites, beaten until stiff. 
Steam in buttered cups 35 
minutes. Serve with fruit pre¬ 
serves or hard sauce. 

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NEW YEAR 


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CALUMET CHECKER¬ 
BOARD CAKE 

Light Part 

2 cups pastry flour 

1 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 

ing Powder 

cups granulated sugar 
cup butter 
cup water or milk 

1 teaspoon vanilla 
Whites of 4 eggs 

Cream butter and sugar, add 
water and dry ingredients al¬ 
ternately, then whites of eggs. 

Dark Part 

2 cups pastry flour 

2 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 

ing Powder 
I cup brown sugar 
% cup butter 
cup water or milk 
teaspoon each of cloves , 
cinnamon and nutmeg 
Yolks of 4 eggs, well beaten 
Lastly , i ounce of melted 
chocolate 

Sift flour once, then measure; 
add baking powder, and sift 
three times; cream butter and 
sugar; add yolks and beat hard, 
then flour and water alter¬ 
nately; add chocolate and stir 
slightly. Put in square layer 
pans in strips, light and dark 
alternately, and place together 
dark to light. 

ORANGE JELLY 

i box gelatin or 
4 tablespoons granulated 
gelatin 

i cup cold water 

3 cups boiling water 

1 cups sugar 

3 cups orange juice 

6 tablespoons lemon juice 
Soak gelatin twenty min¬ 
utes in cold water, dissolve in 
boiling water, strain, and add 
to sugar and orange juice. Turn 
into mould, and chill. 


four pairs of socks, pajamas, towel, brush, comb and 
mirror, cake of soap, powder, and extra suit (if you 
decide to use boy’s articles—or dress, if you choose 
girl’s). Give about five minutes for examining the 
suit case, then close it and have each one write a list 
of the articles contained. For each correct article give 
one point. Each guest should be given a card on which 
his credits in all games are marked. 


FINDING LOST TIME 

Explain next that during the year a lot of time has 
been lost in the house and ask each person to please 
try to find as much of it as possible. Beforehand you 
will have slips of paper hidden under chairs, cush¬ 
ions and vases and in all sorts of odd places. Some will 
have “five minutes’’ written on them; others “one 
hour,” “two hours” or “three seconds”—just so 
each is for a different amount of time. When the 
hunt is over have each boy and girl add up the time 
on the slips. For every hour found, two credits are 
given, and adding up the time will be a lot of fun. 


STOP THE ALARM 

Some time before the party, set two alarm clocks to 
go off at exactly the same time. Choose clocks with 
loud, shrill bells. One might be hung out a window (if it 
is not too cold) and the other concealed in a box under 
a sofa or chair. Set everyone hunting for the clocks. 
The finders will get ten credits on their score cards. 


CLOCK GAME 

Form a big circle with one person in the center— 
called the striker. Give each person an hour; if there 
are more than twelve, half hours must be used. When 
the striker touches a person he must strike his hour— 
that is, pretend to ring whatever hour he represents, 
before the striker counts 15. Then he must do some¬ 
thing to give an idea of what his hour stands for. For 
instance, if he is twelve o’clock he must pretend to eat, 
five o’clock might pretend to be returning from an 
office, etc. Continue until each person has had several 
turns. 


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NEW YEAR 


CATCHING FATHER TIME 

About here, the front door bell should be rung loudly, 
and when it is opened someone dressed to represent 
old Father Time should come in slowly with bowed 
head. When everyone is wondering what on earth he 
is going to do, he should whirl ’round suddenly and 
start to run, calling out “ Catch me! ” The chase will 
be a merry one and the lucky boy or girl will receive 
ten points. 


ROLL FOR PARTNERS 

As many tenpins as there are girls should be set up 
far enough apart to keep more than one from being 
knocked down at a time. The boys should then be 
given wooden balls and asked to knock down for part¬ 
ners. Each tenpin has a girl’s name pasted on it. 
When each boy has his partner, Father Time leads the 
march to the dining room. 


TIME TABLE 

If the table is round, make it look as much like a 
clock as possible. One huge candle in the center and a 
little candle at each place should furnish the only light. 
At each place printed on little cards should be various 
New Year’s resolutions. Let each guest choose his place 
by the resolution that fits him best. Here are a few 
suggestions : 

Resolved—I will not lose my umbrella during 192— 
Resolved—I will not be late for school 
Resolved—I will not tease the girls 

Many others will naturally suggest themselves when 
you know the little failings of the guests. While every¬ 
one is enjoying himself at the table the bell should ring 
again. This time it should be a little boy dressed in a 
draped white robe with 192— written on his paper sash. 
Without a word, he will point sternly at Father Time 
who has been seated at the head of the table and the 
old gentleman will get up and slowly walk out. The 
New Year will then seat himself in the vacant place, 
after handing each guest a little envelope containing a 
good wish for the coming year. 


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PINEAPPLE SHERBET 

2 cups finely shredded 
pineapple 

I teaspoon granulated gelatin 
] 4 , cup cold water 

2 cups boiling water 

2 cups sugar 

' 2 lemons {strained juice) 

Soak the gelatin in cold 
water, add the boiling water 
and sugar; stir it until the gel¬ 
atin is dissolved, and add the 
lemon juice. Strain the mix¬ 
ture and set it aside to cool. 
When it is cool, add the pine¬ 
apple to the mixture and freeze. 

MOLASSES TAFFY 

2 cups molasses 
% cup sugar 

3 tablespoons butter 
i tablespoon vinegar 

An iron kettle with a round¬ 
ing bottom (Scotch kettle) or 
copper kettle is best for candy 
making. If one has no copper 
kettle, a granite kettle is best. 

Put butter in kettle, place 
over fire, and when melted, add 
molasses and sugar. Stir until 
sugar is dissolved. During the 
first of the boiling stirring is un¬ 
necessary, but when nearly 
cooked, it should be constantly 
stirred. Boil until, when tried 
in cold water, mixture will be¬ 
come brittle. Add vinegar just 
before taking from fire. Pour 
into a well buttered pan. When 
cool enough to handle, pull un¬ 
til porous and light-colored, al¬ 
lowing candy to come in con¬ 
tact with tips of fingers and 
thumbs, not to be squeezed in 
the hand. Cut in small pieces, 
using large shears or a sharp 
knife, and then arrange on 
slightly buttered plates to cool. 

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A HEARTY PARTY FOR 
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY 

(February 14th) 

E VERYONE feels in a party humor on St. Valentine’s 
day and a hearty party is a very appropriate one 
to give under the circumstances. Write your 
invitations on little red cardboard hearts—this way, for 
instance: 

The Queen of Hearts 
Has made some tarts 
She’s going to have a party. 

So if YOU have a heart, please come 
Your welcome will be hearty! 

February 14th at five o’clock. 

If the party is given by a boy, he can change it to 
“The Knave of Hearts has stole some tarts,’’ and if there 
is a brother and sister, one can be Queen of Hearts and 
one can be Knave. Crowns and scepters are all that 
are necessary for the costumes. 

The Queen of Hearts should welcome the guests and 
pin a large white heart on each one. Printed in small 
letters on these hearts should be “Don’t lose heart!’’ 
These hearts act as score cards, and each time a boy 
or girl earns any points in a game, the number of points 
scored should be marked on the heart. 

BROKEN HEARTS 

As soon as the guests are assembled, give each one 
an envelope containing a heart cut up into many small 
pieces. The person putting his heart together first 
receives ten points, the second five, the third four, 
and the fourth three. 

CUPID’S DART BOARD 

On the back of an ordinary wooden dart board paint 
a large red heart. In turn, each must throw the dart. 


MARBLE COOKIES 

3 yi cups sifted pastry flour 
3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
i cup sugar 
yi cup shortening 
1 eggs , beaten separately 
Pinch of salt 
pi cup milk 

Mix as for cake, then sepa¬ 
rate dough, putting half in 
another bowl, and to one-half 
add rind of i orange and juice 
of half an orange; to other half 
add 2 ounces of melted choco¬ 
late. Save pi cup of flour in 
sifter to add to white dough 
after orange juice has been 
added. Work together slightly 
and roll very thin, and cut and 
bake in a quick oven. 

COCOANUT- 

MARSHMALLOW FUDGE 

i cup top milk or thin cream 
i cup shredded cocoanut 
i egg white 

1 cups granulated sugar 
p2 dozen marshmallows 
i teaspoon vanilla 

Place the sugar and the milk 
together in a saucepan and boil 
to the hard-ball stage. Take it 
off the fire and add the vanilla 
and the grated cocoanut. Cut 
the marshmallows up into bits 
and add; then let stand until 
soft. Pour over the stiffly 
whipped egg-white and beat 
up until light and creamy. Pour 
into buttered pan and when 
cool cut into squares. 


































ST. VALENTINE’S DAY 


CALUMET DEVIL’S 
FOOD CAKE 

1 cups flour 

1 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 

2 level teaspoons cinnamon 
% of a nutmeg grated 

1^4 cups granulated sugar 
$4 cup butter {scant) 

2 whole eggs 
]4 cup sweet milk 

1 cup warm mashed potatoes 

2 squares Baker s chocolate 

{grated) 

1 cup nut meats 

Cream butter and sugar, add 
yolks (well beaten), then add 
mashed potatoes, chocolate and 
nut meats, stir well; then add 
alternately milk and dry in¬ 
gredients, which have been 
sifted together. Fold in beaten 
whites of eggs. Bake in heart 
shaped tins or moulds. Cover 
with the following: 

CHOCOLATE FILLING 

i l /2 cups powdered sugar 

3 tablespoons cocoa 

]4 teaspoon melted butter 
i tablespoon hot water 

Mix sugar and cocoa. Add 
hot water and butter, then suf¬ 
ficient cream to make of a con¬ 
sistency that will spread. 

STRAWBERRY 
ICE CREAM 

2 cups thick cream and 

2 cups milk y or 

4 cups thin cream 

i cup sugar 
i box strawberries 

Mix the cream, milk, sugar 
and strawberries. Put mixture 
into a freezer and freeze. 

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marking the place where it strikes with his initials. 
The three whose initials are nearest to the heart center 
are awarded ten points apiece. 


VALENTINE CONTEST 

Each boy and girl is given paper and pencil and asked 
to write a valentine. Then one of the party is chosen 
as judge and the valentines are read aloud by the 
Queen of Hearts. The judge decides how many points 
of credit to give each one, without knowing who wrote 
it, and the points awarded mean that many more on 
the score heart of the writer. 


PRESENTED AT COURT 

Announcement is now made that the company, one 
at a time, will be presented at Court. The Queen of 
Hearts selects one of the boys and, putting a red card¬ 
board crown on his head, proclaims him King. They 
retire to another room and a boy who has been chosen 
for page comes for the company, one at a time. 

Two chairs have been placed about two feet apart 
and covered both back and front with curtains or other 
drapery so that the gap between is not noticeable. The 
King and Queen sit on the sure enough chairs and 
when the person to be presented is brought in, he 
must kiss the hands of both. The King then welcomes 
him graciously and bids him to take a seat in the 
center. Just as he does, both the King and Queen jump 
up and the luckless courtier comes quickly to earth. 
Put a sofa cushion under the throne to break the force 
of the fall. After being presented, the boy or girl may 
stay in the room, but must keep a very sober and 
serious expression and not give away the joke to the 
others. 


SHALL I A SINGLE LADY BE 
OR SHALL I MARRY HAPPILY? 

Each girl in the party can tell by this game whether 
fate has allotted for her a life membership in the bache¬ 
lor girls’ club or whether she shall be happily married 
some day. 









ST. VALENTINE’S DAY 


Hang a plain ring on a thread from the chandelier, 
suspended at a height so that each one of the players 
can easily point toward it. 

Each player should stand at a distance of at least ten 
feet away and, with a pencil pointed at the center of the 
ring, walk rapidly toward it and try to put the pencil 
through it. 

The hand should not be raised or lowered, or moved 
from side to side, but rigidly held in the position 
assumed before the player started walking. 


THE POSTMAN APPEARS 

A pleasant interruption may occur about here. Have 
someone dressed either as a postman or as St. Valentine 
ring the bell. Striding into the room he will call for 
each person by name, presenting him with a brightly 
tied up package and a valentine. There should be a 
valentine and a package for everyone. Enclosed in 
every valentine delivered by the postman should be 
part of a torn paper heart. In each case a boy will find 
the rest of his heart in the possession of one of the 
girls, to whom he gives his valentine, and receives hers 
in exchange. They are now partners for the march to 
the dining room. The packages should contain caps 
or other favors for personal adornment that will add to 
the festive atmosphere. 

The postman might collect the score hearts in ex¬ 
change for his valentines, and while everyone is looking 
for a partner by matching up the torn hearts, the scores 
can be tallied and the hostess will be able to pronounce 
the champions and award the prizes as soon as everyone 
is seated at the table. 


THE HEARTY TABLE 

A Valentine table looks very bright and cheerful 
almost any way you trim it. Scatter tiny red hearts 
all over the cloth and at each place have a red heart 
box of candy. Use little heart place cards with Valen¬ 
tine wishes, and in the center place a large Kewpie Doll 
with a big red bow. Three large sticks of red candy tied 
together with bright red ribbon so as to stand at each 
end of the table finish the decorations. 


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VALENTINE HEART 
CAKES 

Y cup shortening 
i Y cups sugar 

4 eggs 

Y cup milk 
1 % cups flour , sifted 

2 x Y level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
pi level teaspoon salt 
i teaspoon vanilla 

Cream shortening and sugar 
together; mix thoroughly; add 
eggs beaten until thick and 
lemon colored. Sift flour, salt 
and baking powder together 
three times and add to the first 
mixture alternately with the 
milk. Add vanilla. Bake in 
greased heart-shaped muffin 
tins in a moderate oven about 
25 minutes. Cover with pink 
frosting. 

SURPRISE COOKIES 

Y cup sugar 

Y cup butter 

Y cup sour cream 

1 egg 

Y teaspoon soda 

1 level teaspoon Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 

Y teaspoon salt 
2 cups flour 

Cream butter, add sugar, egg 
well beaten and the sour cream. 
Mix and sift dry ingredients 
and add to first mixture. Roll 
to a quarter of an inch in thick¬ 
ness and cut in small rounds. 

On half the rounds put a bit of 
jelly or raisin filling or half a 
stewed prune. Cover with re¬ 
maining rounds and press 
edges together. Bake about 12 
minutes in hot oven. This 
recipe makes eighteen cookies. 

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Washington's 

Birthday Party 




WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY PARTY 

(February 22nd) 

AT a Washington’s Birthday Party the guests can 
jC\. come dressed in Colonial costume or as famous 
men and women of Colonial times: Paul Revere, 
Betsy Ross, Martha Washington, Lafayette, Washing¬ 
ton himself, etc. The invitations on cards, decorated 
with Colonial ladies or gentlemen, might be worded: 

Come ye, Mistress! (or Master) 

Be ye merry 

Tho ’tis blustery February 
Help us celebrate 
With fun 

The birthday of George Washington! 

Four o’clock the twenty-second. 

A Washington’s Birthday Party might start off with 
a grand march to the tune of “Cornin’ Thru the Rye” 
or “Yankee Doodle.” 

FINDING THE CONTINENTAL ARMY 

After the grand march, the host or hostess should 
announce that soldiers of the Continental Army are in 
hiding in a certain room and must be captured. A ten- 
minute hunt should produce the complete army. A 
box of lead Continental soldiers should be procured for 
this game. Each soldier should have a little card 
attached stating his rank: General, Captain, Lieutenant 
or Private. Generals count ten, Captains fiVe, Lieu tenants 
three, and privates two. The points scored by the guests 
should be kept on cards. A little star for every point 
would be interesting. 

CHOPPING DOWN THE CHERRY TREE 

This game is similar to the old Donkey Party. A 
cherry tree drawn or painted on a piece of unbleached 
muslin is tacked up on the wall. Then each guest is 


WASHINGTON’S 
BIRTHDAY CAKE 

yi cup butter 
cups sugar 
y^ cup milk 
4 eggs 

i% level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 

y { 5 level teaspoon salt 
ip2 cups sifted flour 
p2 teaspoon vanilla 

Cream butter, add sugar, 
then add well beaten eggs. 
Mix and sift dry ingredients 
and add alternately with milk 
to first mixture. Add vanilla. 
Divide into three round,"greased 
layer cake tins and bake in a 
moderate oven 30 minutes. Put 
layers together with a white 
cream or boiled frosting, or 
whipped cream. Stick a small 
silk American flag in the center 
of the top of cake, and place 
candied cherries around the 
edge, and in frosting between 
the layers. 





















WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY 


CALUMET ASSORTED 
CAKE SQUARES 

2 cups pastry flour 
2 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 
I cup granulated sugar 
yf cup butter 
cup milk 
Whites of 3 eggs 
% teaspoon vanilla 

Sift flour once, then measure; 
add baking powder; sift three 
times and set to one side. 
Cream butter and sugar, add 
milk and flour alternately and 
beat very hard. Fold in beaten 
whites. Bake in 2-inch deep 
square cake pan in moderate 
oven 30 to 35 minutes. When 
cool cut in squares and set away 
until icing is ready. Frost 
with white icing and decorate 
with small candy hatchet or 
cherries. 

COCOANUT-CHERRY 

MACAROONS 

4 egg-whites 

yi cup candied cherries or 
cranberries 

1 cup shredded cocoanut 
1 cup powdered sugar 

Beat up the eggs until very 
stiff and dry, fold in carefully 
the powdered sugar, the cocoa- 
nut and the cherries. Mix up 
lightly and drop by spoonfuls 
on paraffin or oiled paper, and 
bake a delicate brown in a slow 
oven. 

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blindfolded in turn and tries to pin his hatchet in the 
proper place on the trunk. Each hatchet is numbered 
and each person remembers his number. The hatchet 
coming the nearest to the tree trunk wins whatever 
points are decided upon, which are marked on his 
score card. 


CROSSING THE DELAWARE 

Crossing the Delaware, as everyone knows, is a 
matter of history. Therefore this game is naturally a 
matter of history too. Divide the company into two 
groups. Place on opposite sides of a rug measuring 
about twelve feet across. Each group selects a man to 
cross the Delaware—in other words, the rug. A ques¬ 
tioner stands in the center of the rug and asks twelve 
questions. The side that answers the question first 
may order their man to take one step forward and the 
side whose man reaches the other side of the rug first 
wins. Each member on that side receives twelve points. 

The twelve questions here do not necessarily have 
to be used but give you an idea as to the kind to 
ask. They must not be too hard. 1. Who made 
the first American flag? 2. Sing Yankee Doodle. 

3. What was said about the Father of his Country? 

4. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ? 

5. Where was George Washington born? 6. Why is a 
colonial doorway sad? (It always has a knocker.) 

7. What city was the first Capital of the United States ? 

8. What great Frenchman helped the Americans in the 
Revolution? 9. What was the most celebrated tea 
party in the United States? 10. How many original 
States were in the Union ? 11. Who gave the alarm before 
the Battle of Lexington? 12. What British General 
surrendered to Washington? 


CHERRY RACE 

Cranberries can be used for cherries. Have a large 
bowl full and have each boy and girl in turn put a 
hand, palm down, through the berries, getting as many 
on the back of the hand as possible, and run (not walk) 
to the end of the room with them. The one who 
carries the greatest number is the winner and receives 
ten points. 










WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY 


HOW MANY WORDS IN WASHINGTON? 

Give each guest a pencil and paper to write as many 
words as possible, using only the letters that are used 
in Washington. Award one point for every five words. 
Then take turns in repeating rapidly—“Washington’s 
washwoman washed Washington’s wash while Washing¬ 
ton’s wife went west!” 


DRAWING CONTEST 

Immediately after the last game, announce with 
much ceremony that there is going to be a real drawing 
contest. Distribute paper and pencils and when all 
are ready and waiting for instructions as to what to 
draw, just say very seriously, “Now draw your breath.’’ 


HARDSHIPS 

The Continental Army at Valley Forge endured many 
hardships and had but the poorest of fare. Explain 
that you have obtained some Continental hard tack 
which will be the only refreshment served. Form the 
company into two lines. Give each person two of the 
driest biscuits (preferably egg biscuits). The side 
which chokes down its biscuits first wins and each 
member is given five points. 


TABLE DECORATIONS 

A patriotic table can be arranged by setting up in 
the center a toy fort or tent from a soldier set. A little 
cannon with a pile of candy cherry cannon balls and a 
small flag at each place carries out the scheme nicely. 
A lead soldier may stand guard at each tumbler. 

A very attractive Colonial table has in its center a 
little Colonial lady with an electric light under her 
dress. You have all seen these little lady lamps. At 
each place is a tiny old-fashioned paper lace and candy 
bouquet for the girls, and packages of chocolate 
labeled “Old Virginia Tobacco’’ for the boys. Use 
old-fashioned candles on the table and serve a regular 
southern dinner, and you will be close to the at¬ 
mosphere of Washington’s everyday life. 


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SNOW PUDDING 

yi box gelatin or 
2 tablespoons granulated 
gelatin 

]/2 cup cold water 
2 cups boiling water 
2 cups sugar 
]/2 cup lemon juice 
Whites of 3 eggs 

Soak gelatin in cold water, 
dissolve in boiling water, add 
sugar and lemon juice, strain, 
and set aside in cool place; 
Occasionally stir mixture, and 
when quite thick, beat with 
wire spoon or whisk until 
frothy; add whites of eggs beat¬ 
en stiff, and continue beating 
until stiff enough to hold its 
shape. Mould, or pile by spoon¬ 
fuls on glass dish; serve cold 
with Boiled Custard. A very 
attractive dish may be prepared 
by coloring half the mixture 
with fruit red. 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE 

p2 box gelatin 
yj cup cold water 
yf, cup cream 
% cup powdered sugar 
6 cups whipped cream 
2 teaspoons vanilla 
2 dozen lady fingers 

Soak gelatin in cold water, 
dissolve in the cream, scalded. 
Add powdered sugar and vanil¬ 
la. When it begins to thicken 
fold in the whipped cream. Line 
moulds with lady fingers, turn 
in the mixture and chill. 

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(March 17th) 

W INDY March brings a jolly Irish festival day and 
in honor of good St. Patrick there’s many a 
merry party. 

Now sure you’re invited 
To come and be gay, Sir, 

With the rist of the childer 
On St. Paddy’s day, Sir, 

This wee Irish Fairy 
Will show you the way, Sir! 

This little verse or another of your own making 
should be printed on a card with a little green fairy 
in the corner pointing to a sign that tells the time, 
place and hour. In the lower corner state that the 
pass word to the party will be a joke and that no one 
will be admitted without a good Irish joke. 

Station someone with a note book at the door and 
as each guest enters he must whisper a joke to the 
doorkeeper who will gravely write it in his book with 
the name of the person after it. 


KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE 

Before they enter the party room, guests must kiss the 
Blarney Stone, a big rough cobble placed on a table 
near the door. As soon as they have done so, they 
must write a complimentary sentence about someone 
in the room on little slips of paper handed to them as 
they enter. These slips are signed and collected and 
put in the joke book for reading at the supper table. 


SOAP BUBBLE CONTEST 

In the center of the room hang a hoop wound with 
green ribbon. Give to each person a white bubble 
pipe tied with a green bow. Have a large bowl of soapy 
water nearby. (A little glycerine added to the water 


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ST. PATRICK’S 
ICE CREAM 

i}/2 cups sugar 
% teaspoon salt 
}4 cup almonds or pistachio 
nuts finely chopped 
Green coloring 
2 tablespoons vanilla 
2 cups heavy cream 
1 junket tablets 
2 tablespoons cold water 

I tablespoon almond extract 
8 cups milk 

Mix the first four ingredients, 
and add junket tablets dis¬ 
solved in cold water. Turn in¬ 
to a shallow dish and let stand 
over night in a cold place. Add 
flavoring, coloring and nuts. 
Freeze and mould in brick- 
shape. 

CARAMEL FUDGE 

4 cups sugar 
cup cream 
yj cup milk 
i cup walnuts 
pound marshmallows 
i teaspoon vanilla 

Boil three cups of the sugar 
with the milk and cream. 
Caramelize the remaining cup 
of sugar and add it to the first 
mixture while it is boiling. 
Cook till it reaches the soft-ball 
stage. Remove from the fire 
and beat. When partly cool, 
add the chopped nuts and the 
marshmallows, cut into small 
pieces. 

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WHITE CAKE 

$4 cup shortening 
i cup milk 
4 egg whites 
,3 cups flour 
\]4 cups sugar 

3 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 
i level teaspoon salt 

Cream fat and sugar. Add 
milk alternately to flour, bak¬ 
ing powder and salt, sifted 
thoroughly. Add whites of 
eggs or fold in last, stirring 
gently. Use any flavoring to 
suit taste. Bake in square inch- 
deep pans. When cool cut in 
squares. Frost the entire cake 
squares with boiled frosting, 
colored light green with vegeta¬ 
ble coloring. 


DATE STICKS 

i pound dates , stoned and 
cut fine 

14 cup chopped nut meats 
i cup flour 

i level teaspoon Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 
i cup sugar 
i tablespoon butter 
i tablespoon hot water 
2 eggs , beaten thoroughly 

Cream butter and sugar to¬ 
gether; add hot water, then 
eggs thoroughly beaten, dates 
and nuts. Then add flour 
sifted together with baking 
powder at least twice. Beat 
well. Spread thin on shallow 
greased baking pan and bake 
about 15 minutes. Cool in the 
pan. Cut in strips 2 inches 
long and ^ inch wide. Roll in 
powdered sugar. 

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makes the bubbles last longer.) Each boy or girl has 
three chances to blow a bubble through the hoop, 
standing about three feet away. To the successful 
blowers cakes of green bath soap are given. 

ST. PATRICK’S PUZZLES 

Give to each person a little green pencil and slip of 
paper. Ask the following questions, allowing about 
two minutes for each answer to be written. 

First hold up a cork and ask what city it represents. 
(Cork) 

Then read a limerick and tell them it also repre¬ 
sents an Irish city. (Limerick) 

Hold up a bell tied to a cream pitcher or any other 
object and ask what city it represents. (Belfast) 
What Irishman named the potato? (Murphy) 
What city is famous for its cats? (Kilkenny) 

What precious stone describes Ireland? (Emerald 
Isle) 

What county is famous for its lakes? (Kerry-Lakes 
of Killarney) 

What is Ireland famous for? (Linen and lace) 

More questions of a similar character can be added if 
desired. 

PIG 

Seat the boys and girls in a circle and tell them to 
mind their P’s and Q’s, for this is a spelling game. The 
hostess or host starts a word, giving the first letter (he 
must have an actual word in mind but must not reveal 
it). The next in turn adds a letter (he also having a 
word in mind); the next adds another letter, and so on 
till someone is compelled to finish a word. The player 
who finishes a word becomes a quarter of a pig and after 
four such misfortunes is declared an entire pig and 
must retire from the circle with a grunt. The person 
who stays longest in the ring w,ins and receives a pig full 
of candy as a prize. Beware of the short words. If 
someone says S, and the second player adds O, even if 
the word in his mind is SOUTH, SO is a word and 
makes him a quarter of a pig. 










ST. PATRICK’S DAY 


MOULDING CONTEST 

Give each person a lump of putty or plasticine and 
tell him to mould something Irish. Matches, tooth¬ 
picks and glass-headed pins might also be supplied. 
A variety of things usually result, such as pigs, Irish 
terriers, clay pipes, four-leaf clovers, potatoes, shilla- 
lahs, etc. 

SACK RACE 

Potato sacks that have been washed should be used 
for the sack race. Put strings in the top and tie up 
each person, having the top of the sack come about 
at the waist. Thus handicapped he must hop and 
stumble along. The first one to reach a certain spot 
without falling is the winner. 

A LETTER TO THE OULD SOD 

Select seventeen words and write them on as many 
sheets of paper as there are members in the party—the 
same words for each player. The one who writes the 
best letter to a relative in Ireland, using only those 
seventeen words but repeating as often as necessary, is 
declared the winner. Care should be taken to select 
words and proper names that will make sentences, and 
when read aloud, using the brogue, the letters should 
be very funny. 

IRISH JIGS 

The party might end up with the playing of some 
lively jigs and after each has tried his foot at jigging, 
the host leads the company to the table. 

ST. PATRICK’S TABLE 

Use little green plants at every place with tiny Irish 
flags. The centerpiece might be a toy cottage and cart 
set on moss with green pigs wandering sociably about. 
Green is a very pleasant color and with green ribbons 
and candies the table is sure to be attractive. Another 
good centerpiece is a large green-iced cake with tiny 
green candles for luck. In the cake there should be a 
thimble, ring, button and four-leaf clover. 

Reading jokes from the joke book and also the 
compliments will be lots of fun and will “start things” 
going merrily at the table. 


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SPONGE CAKE 

Yolks , 6 eggs 
I cup sugar 

i tablespoon lemon juice 
% teaspoon salt 

1 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 

Whites, 6 eggs 
i cup flour 
Grated rind % lemon 

Beat yolks until thick and 
lemon colored, add sugar, grad¬ 
ually, and continue beating, 
using egg beater; add lemon 
juice, rind, and whites of eggs, 
beaten until stiff and dry, par¬ 
tially mix yolks with mixture, 
remove beater and carefully cut 
and fold in flour, baking pow¬ 
der and salt which have been 
sifted together twice. Bake 
one hour in slow oven, in angel 
cake pan. Frost with plain 
white icing, flavored with 
lemon. When this has set, dec¬ 
orate top with small green silk 
flags—around sides with sham¬ 
rock leaves or candies. 

PEPPERMINT CREAMS 

3 cups granulated sugar 
I cup water 

Boil until it spins a thread. 
Add twelve drops of extract of 
peppermint, and four drops of 
green vegetable coloring. Beat 
until it creams, then drop on 
glazed paper. Any color may 
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JACK RABBIT’S EASTER PARTY 


E ASTER Vacation never seems quite complete with¬ 
out a party, and everyone will enjoy a Jack Rabbit 
Party. Write your invitations on Easter cards 
either in prose or verse : 

Hop over at two— 

The date’s at the top 
Come as fast as you 
Ever can hurry or hop! 

Jack Rabbit has left something for you here. 


EGG HUNT 

No Easter party would be complete without an egg 
hunt. Conceal hard boiled, brightly dyed eggs in various 
places about the room. Give each boy and girl a basket 
and allow about ten minutes for the hunt. A prize for 
the finder of the most might be a little Easter plant. 


MAKING EASTER BONNETS 

Give each person a bright piece of tissue paper, 
about six pins and a pair of scissors. Allow ten min¬ 
utes to make a hat. Even the boys will enjoy this 
and some of the bonnets resulting will be quite jaunty. 
Each person must put on his bonnet and pass before 
the Judges and to the makers of the two best hats the 
Judges will award tiny bandboxes full of candy. 


EGG RACE 

Divide the company into two lines. Give the leader 
of each line a hard boiled egg on a wooden spoon. 
Each person in the line must run to a certain point 
and back without dropping the egg. The line which 
finishes first wins and each runner is rewarded with a 
small chocolate egg for his or her basket. 


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VANILLA WAFERS 

Pi cup butter and lard mixed 
i cup sugar 
i egg, well beaten 
pi cup milk 

2 level teaspoons Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 
pi level teaspoon salt 
2 teaspoons vanilla 
2pi cups flour 

Cream butter, add sugar, 
milk and vanilla. Sift together 
thoroughly the flour, baking 
powder, salt and add to first 
mixture. Roll as thin as possi¬ 
ble, cut with round cutter, and 
bake in a moderate oven. 


SMALL COCOA-CAKES 

pi cup butter 
i cup sugar 
pi cup cocoa 
3 e SS s > beaten separately 
pi cup water 
i pi cups flour 

i level teaspoon Calumet Baking 
Powder 

i teaspoon cinnamon 
pi teaspoon mace 
i teaspoon vanilla 

Add the sugar to the creamed 
butter. Then stir in the egg 
yolks, well beaten. Sift the 
flour, baking powder, cocoa, 
spices and salt together. Stir 
in the flour mixture and water 
alternately into first mixture. 
Add the vanilla, and fold in the 
well beaten whites last. Bake 
in small tins. 

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OLD FASHIONED 
PANOCHA 

3 cups brown sugar 
Rutter, size of egg 
I cup rich cream 
i cup walnut meats or 
chopped peanuts 

Cook until the mixture be¬ 
gins to sugar on the sides or 
edge of the pan. Pour in but¬ 
tered pans. Cut in squares 
while warm. 


COCOANUT CANDY 
EGGS 

2 cups sugar 
pi. cup water 
Red fruit coloring 
x /2. cup corn syrup 
i cup cocoanut 
i teaspoon vanilla 

Boil the sugar, syrup and the 
water to the soft-ball stage and 
stir until creamy,adding enough 
fruit coloring to make a nice 
pink; then stir in the cocoanut 
and shape like Easter eggs. 
Place on waxed paper to harden. 

MARSHMALLOW FLUFF 

i pound soft marshmallows 
% pound candied cherries 
pi pound candied pineapple 
or apricots 

i pint stiff cream , whipped 
I teaspoon vanilla 

Mix all together. Chill in 
sherbet cups in which it is to 
be served. Top with a little 
whipped cream and decorate 
with tiny candy Easter eggs or 
halved pistachio nuts and can¬ 
died cherries. 

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THE LANGUAGE OF THE FLOWERS 

Flowers are closely associated with Easter, and you 
can arrange several guessing games with flowers. 

Distribute to each a pencil and paper on which this 
verse has been written to be completed with names of 
flowers. 

. ....called on. 


She blushed a rosy. 

And when he.to be his 

Sat down to sigh and think. 

But when he asked her........... dear 

He said it would disgrace him 

And’less he left at. 

The..surely chase him. 

The correct flowers are: Sweet William, Marguerite, 
pink, aster, poppy, four o’clock, and dogwood. Give 
a certain period of time for this and then ask questions 
such as: 

Name a preacher-flower. (Jack in the pulpit.) 

What flower belongs in the sewing basket ? (Bachelor 
button.) 

What flower shows grief ? (Bleeding hearts.) 

What flower leaves its first syllable in the kitchen ? 
(Pan-sy.) 

What flower by dropping its first letter becomes a 
suitor ? (Glover.) 

What flower if combined with bread and milk completes 
the lunch ? (Buttercup.) 

What flower combines a dude and a beast ? (Dandy-lion.) 

What flower suggests traveling over a great distance ? 
(Gar-nation.) 

What flower reminds you of winter ? (Snowball.) 

What flower joins an untruth with a girl’s hair ? 
(Lie-locks, lilacs.) 

All answers to be written and the papers checked up 
to see who is the winner. 




















EASTER 


EGG CONTEST 

For the egg contest each boy and girl requires a 
cheap box of paints and a tumbler of water. Give each 
a white undecorated hard boiled egg to paint faces 
on. Allow about five minutes. Prizes should be given 
for the funniest egg, the most carefully painted egg, 
and for the worst of all. 

RABBIT RACE 

Having by this time rested up from the egg race, 
form everybody in line for the rabbit race. The 
distance should not be too long as it must be hopped 
on one foot. A rabbit race is very hoppy, you see. The 
winner of the rabbit race would naturally receive a 
rabbit full of candy, and the last in, a carrot or head 
of cabbage. 

THE BARNYARD 

When all are seated in a circle, blow a feather in the 
air and at the same time name a fowl or animal, such 
as chicken, goose, gobbler, pig, dog, cat, etc. The person 
nearest to where the feather falls must imitate the 
fowl or animal mentioned; that is, grunt like a pig, 
walk like a goose, or anything he thinks of doing. Then 
he blows the feather, trying to make it light on or near 
someone else, and names another fowl or animal. 

PUTTING HUMPTY DUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN 

Draw a large picture of Humpty Dumpty on white 
bristol board. Then cut him into as many pieces as 
there are guests. At this point, give each guest a piece, 
stating that Humpty Dumpty has a message to deliver, 
but first he must be put together. 

Everyone has a hand in doing this and the message 
found written across the picture is— 

“ Please go to the Dining Room! ” 

THE EASTER TABLE 

A little rabbit card with a guest’s name should be 
at each place. Cardboard eggs containing brightly 
colored handkerchiefs for the girls and marbles for 
the boys make pretty favors. A large white rabbit 
might be used as a centerpiece, or spring flowers. Tiny 
baskets of jelly eggs are less expensive than the card¬ 
board eggs and quite as popular. 


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MAPLE WALNUT CAKE 

y$ cup butter 
2 eggs 

i cups flour 
i teaspoon vanilla 
X teaspoon salt 
i cup chopped walnut meats 
i cup brown sugar 
]/2 cup milk 

i level teaspoon Calumet Bak¬ 
ing Powder 

Cream sugar and butter; add 
yolks of eggs and milk. Then 
add flour sifted twice with 
baking powder. Add vanilla, 
salt and walnuts. Lastly 
whites of eggs beaten until 
stiff. Bake in angel cake 
pan 45 minutes. Cover with 
plain white boiled frosting. Put 
a row of small colored Easter 
eggs around the edge of the 
cake, alternating the various 
colors. In the center place a 
larger colored Easter egg or a 
candy rabbit. 

BOILED FROSTING 

2 cups sugar 
^4 cup water 

Stiffly beaten whites of 2 eggs 
Lemon or vanilla 

Boil sugar and water until it 
threads without stirring. Then 
gradually pour it into beaten 
eggs, beating mixture rapidly 
all the time. When mixture 
has thickened and is cool, it 
is ready for use in icing cakes. 

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PATRIOTIC PARTY 

(July 4th) 

ASK your guests to come dressed patriotically. Boy 
Scout suits and Red Cross Nurse costumes are 
easiest, as almost every boy and girl has one. The 
invitations written on cards with flags or other patriotic 
emblems in the corner might say: 

The Fourth of July 

Can no longer be snappy 
But come to our party 
And you will be happy. 

Time and place— 

After a grand march announce that you are going to 
have a drill. Line up the boys first, telling each con¬ 
fidentially to be as funny as possible. 

SILLY DRILL 

The commands in the funny drill may be as ridiculous 
as you like. At “Fall Out!’’ the company should roll 
over. “Right Dress!” they should button up their 
coats. “Present Arms!” fling arms out violently. From 
this they can go to worse. “Wink!” “Sneeze!” “Hop 
three steps backward!” Any command can be given. 
The girls who have been asked to judge the procedure 
decide which candidate deserves the prize. A patri¬ 
otic button should be pinned to his coat. 

NEWSPAPER RACE 

Each player is given a newspaper of equal size, and at 
the signal to start, he drops the paper in front of him, 
steps over it, picks it up, drops it in front again, and 
repeats until he reaches the finish line. The first one 
over the line wins a whistle. 

GUESSING GAMES 

Seat the company and give to each a paper and pencil. 
From an old history or magazine cut the pictures 
of well-known people: George Washington, General 


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MARBLE CAKE 

White Part 
\yd cups sugar 
p2 cup butter 
yd cup sweet milk 
Whites of 4 eggs 
3 cups flour 

3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 

Dark Part 
i cup sugar 
yi cup molasses 
yi cup butter 
p2 cup sweet milk 
Yolks of 4 eggs 
cups flour 

3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
i square chocolate, melted 

Pink Part 
yi cup sugar 
yd, cup butter 
yi cup milk 
1 egg whites 
i yd cups flour 

i yi level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
Tint this batter pink with 
vegetable coloring 

Mix each part separately. 

Put mixture in three round 
layer cake pans, a spoonful of 
each at a time, alternating the 
three batters so that each layer 
will have each color. Bake in a 
moderately hot oven about 30 
minutes. Put together with 
chocolate filling. 

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COCOANUT COOKIES 

i tablespoon butter 
yi cup sugar 
i teaspoon salt 

i small lemon rind (grated ) 

1 cups flour 

2 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
yi cup chopped almonds 

i tablespoon caraway seeds 
1 egg 

pi cup milk 
yi teaspoon ginger 

Syrup and shredded cocoanut 

Cream butter and sugar, 
add salt, grated lemon rind, 
chopped almonds, caraway 
seeds, and egg, not separated 
but beaten together. Sift to¬ 
gether flour, baking powder and 
ginger; add to mixture alter¬ 
nately with the milk. Turn 
dough out on a well-floured 
mixing board, knead slightly 
and then roll out about a 
quarter of an inch thick and 
cut with fancy cookie cutter. 
Place on a well-greased pan 
and bake in a hot oven for 
fifteen minutes. Let them get 
cold and then brush over each 
one with a very little syrup or 
melted jelly and sprinkle thick¬ 
ly with cocoanut. This recipe 
makes about twenty-four 
cookies. 

SUGAR POPPED CORN 

2 quarts popped corn 
2 tablespoons butter 
2 cups brown sugar 
yi, cup water 

Put butter in saucepan, and 
when melted add sugar and 
water. Bring to boiling point 
and let boil 16 minutes. Pour 
over corn and stir until every 
kernel is well coated with sugar. 
Shape in balls, if desired. 

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Grant, Paul Jones, McKinley, Wilson—any well-known 
person in fact. Number the pictures and pass around, 
each person writing down the number of the picture 
and the name of the man. 

Then pass around the flags of each country (each flag 
should be lettered—a, b, c, etc.) and have the players 
write down the countries the flags belong to. (Flags come 
in little packages for this purpose.) Next you might 
have someone play the best known of the National 
Airs, the boys and girls being requested to state the 
countries they represent. Each paper is signed and 
handed up for judging and awards are given to the best. 

MAP CONTEST 

Allow the players five minutes to draw a map of 
the United States. Or if you prefer, give to each 
person a cut-up map and allow a certain length of time 
to put it together. Prizes for the best maps might be 
red, white and blue pencils. 

MOUTH ORGAN TRIAL 

Give each person a cheap mouth organ and ask each 
in turn to play a patriotic tune. The winner of this 
musical contest might receive an Uncle Sam’s hat 
candy box full of candy. 

CHANGE ABOUT 

Give to each girl a cheap top and to each boy a jump¬ 
ing rope. The boys must judge the top spinning and 
the girls judge the rope jumping. The girl whose top 
spins longest (and each top must be timed by a watch) 
wins, and the boy who jumps the longest without 
missing wins. Bags of peanuts go to the lucky ones 
in this case. 

NATIONAL HIMS 

• 

Write the following rhyming questions on as many 
sheets of paper as there are guests, leaving space for 
the answer to be written opposite each one. Write 
guests’ names on sheets, so as to avoid confusion when 
awarding the prize : 

1. What National Him of illustrious name 
Licked the British and made them tame ? 

2. What National Him at the birth of the nation 
Wrote our glorious Declaration ? 

3. What National Him first wrote his name 
Ahead of those who signed the same ? 










PATRIOTIC DAY 


4. What National Him in ardor saith 

“ Give me Freedom or give me death ” ? 

5. What National Him, famed for his ride ? 

“ The enemy comes ! ” he warned our side. 

6. What National Him, Oh martyred name. 
Saved the Union to his undying fame? 

7. What National Him, a Union soldier, 

Became our President when somewhat older? 

8. What National Him said “ War is Hell ” ? 
Truer words no one heard tell. 

9. What National Him at San Juan Hill 
Led on our boys with iron will ? 

10. What National Her who knew not fear 
Stood by the guns the men to cheer ? 


Answers 


1 . 

Washington 

6. 

Lincoln 

2. 

Jefferson 

7. 

Grant 

3. 

Hancock 

8. 

Sherman 

4. 

Patrick Henry 

9. 

Roosevelt 

5. 

Paul Revere 

10. 

Molly Pitcher 


A STATE EXAMINATION 

Write the following on sheets of paper to be handed 
to the players, who must write opposite each the name 
of the state (abbreviated) : 

1. young girl 

2. number 

3. crowd 

4. father 

5. to be sick 

6. to cut grass 

7. Monday’s work 

8. used in the flood 

Following are answers : Miss., Tenn., Mass., Pa., Ill., 
Mo., Wash., Ark. 

PATRIOTIC TABLE 

If you can secure a large toy battleship for the center 
of the table with plenty of tiny flags aboard, it will be 
fine. Little ships at each place and balloons—red, 
white and blue, tied to the backs of the chairs, add 
color and interest. For favors use paper kites. 

Or you may serve refreshments in regular army style 
on tin plates and in tin cups, each guest being given 
his plate, knife, fork and cup to keep for future camp¬ 
ing use. 


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BANANA CREAM CAKE 

2p2 cups pastry flour 
i % cups sifted granulated 
sugar 

2/4 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
cup butter 
Pi cup milk 
Yolks of 2 eggs 

Whites of 2 eggs , beaten with 4 
tablespoons of water added 

Sift flour once, then measure; 
add baking powder, and sift 
three times. Cream butter and 
sugar thoroughly; add eggs, 
well beaten, then flour and 
milk alternately; bake in two 
layers about 30 to 35 minutes. 

Filling 

White of 1 egg, beaten well, 
and add 2 cups powdered sugar 
and 1 sour apple, grated. Slice 
two bananas lengthwise and 
cover with filling. Put this be¬ 
tween and on top of each layer. 

VANILLA ICE CREAM 

4 cups thick cream and 
4 cups milk , or 
8 cups thin cream 
2 cups sugar 

2 tablespoons vanilla 

Mix cream, milk, sugar and 
vanilla. Put the mixture into 
a freezer and freeze. 

FRUIT SHERBET 

Juice of 4 lemons and 
2 oranges 
2p2 cups water 
1 cup shredded pineapple 
2 cups sugar 

Boil sugar and water and sev¬ 
eral slices of lemon and orange 
peel 10 minutes; strain, cool, 
add juice of lemons and orange 
and shredded pineapple; freeze. 
When almost frozen, add 
beaten white of 1 egg. 

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HALLOWE’EN WITCH NIGHT 

(October 31st) 

U NEXPECTED surprises always add to the fun of 
a Hallowe’en party. I was at a party once where 
in the middle of dancing the bell rang and in 
came an Italian street cleaner flourishing a big broom. 
Talking a lot of mixed English and Italian he pushed 
the company right and left. The hostess pretended to 
argue, but he kept right on, so, announcing that as 
long as we could not dance in peace we might as well 
go to supper, she led off with the street cleaner. (Only 
one of the boys.) 

Make the house look as mysterious as possible with 
heaps of corn shocks, autumn leaves and grinning 
pumpkin lanterns. You can stick a scarecrow in one 
corner, a ghost in another, and do not have too much 
light. 

Send your invitations on Hallowe’en cards and request 
everyone to come in costume. Pin numbers on the 
guests as they arrive and ask them not to unmask till 
ten o’clock. Then distribute pencils and paper with the 
numbers listed, and have each person write down 
who they think each number is. These will be judged 
when ten o’clock comes. 

APPLE STUNTS 

Bobbing for apples is always fun, even though it is 
an old stunt. Have two tubs, one with apples con¬ 
taining girls’ names stuck on with pins and another 
with boys’ names. Of course the apple each one 
catches will tell his fate. 

Trying to bite apples suspended on strings with hands 
clasped behind, is another trick—especially if a mis¬ 
chievous person helps by swinging the apple. 

Everyone must pare an apple to find out the initials of 
his future partner. Pare in one long piece, if possible, 
and toss the skin over the left shoulder. The letter it 
forms will give a clue as to the player’s fate. 


CALUMET DOUGHNUTS 

3 cups flour 
i cup sugar 

2 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
pi- teaspoon salt 
1 well beaten eggs 

i tablespoon melted butter 
Enough milk to make medium 
stiff dough 

Sift baking powder, flour and 
salt together thoroughly. Rub 
butter, sugar and eggs together 
until smooth, and add them to 
flour and baking powder, with 
enough sweet milk to make 
dough stiff enough to be easily 
handled without sticking. Roll 
out pi inch thick, cut in rings 
or small balls and fry brown in 
a deep kettle of smoking hot 
fat. Quantities of sugar, short¬ 
ening and eggs' can be varied to 
suit the taste and, if required, 
nutmeg, vanilla or other flavors 
can be added; or doughnuts can 
be rolled in powdered sugar 
when cold. 

TAFFY APPLES 

Select small, firm, ripe apples, 
wash, stem and run wooden 
skewers through each. Boil 
two cups brown sugar and one- 
half cup hot water until it 
threads. Add one tablespoon 
of lemon juice and stir in. Dip 
apples in syrup, turning over 
and over until each apple is 
thoroughly coated with syrup. 
Stand on oiled paper to cool and 
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HALLOWE’EN 


HALLOWE’EN 
SUNSHINE CAKE 

X cup butter 
i}4 cups granulated sugar 
<l}4 cups flour 
i cup milk 

3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
i teaspoon lemon juice 
Yolks of 9 eggs 

Cream fat and sugar thor¬ 
oughly, beat eggs and add to 
butter and sugar. Sift flour be¬ 
fore measuring, then sift flour 
and baking powder together 
three times, and add alternate¬ 
ly with milk to other ingredi¬ 
ents. Bake in a slow oven 50 
to 60 minutes in an ungreased 
angel food pan. 

For a Hallowe’en cake I 
would suggest putting on this 
cake a plain frosting, decor¬ 
ating the sides of the cake with 
black witches riding on brooms. 
These can be cutouts stuck on 
so that each piece of cake will 
have a witch on the end or may 
be decorated with very dark 
chocolate icing. If candy 
witches can be purchased they 
may be substituted. 

COCOANUT POP-CORN 
CRISPS 

1 cup light brown sugar 
1 tablespoon butter 
]4 cup chopped nut meats 
44 cup molasses 
1 pint crisp popped corn 
\}4 cups shredded cocoanut 

Place the sugar, molasses and 
butter in a saucepan and cook 
to the hard-ball stage. Pour 
over the pop-corn, nut meats 
and cocoanut well mixed. Press 
down in the pan with a knife 
until even; when cold cut into 
squares. 


GUESS WHO 

Put a sheet across a doorway and have the boys, one 
at a time, show their feet below the sheet. The girls, 
on the other side of door, must guess who it is. 

The girls must now slip their hands through a hole in 
the sheet and this time the boys must guess the 
owners of the hands. 

SLICING FLOUR 

Fill a medium size bowl with flour and press down 
compactly. Turn it out on a square bread board in 
the middle of the table. On the top of the mound 
place a ring—very lightly. The idea is to slice away the 
flour without disturbing the ring. Each one in turn 
takes the broad bladed knife and removes a thin slice 
of flour. The person unlucky enough to knock down 
the ring must extract it from the flour heap with his 
teeth. 

THE WITCH’S CAULDRON 

Over a make-believe fire in a secluded corner of the 
room suspend a large iron kettle. At some time 
during the evening an old witch rushes into the room. 
The lights have been turned very low to make it more 
witchy. In a covered basket the witch has a number 
of the ingredients which she will need for charms. 
She gives the basket to the hostess and then retires, 
muttering to her witch kettle. The hostess explains 
that the objects must be passed through every hand 
till they reach the witch, and forms the company into 
a line. Then she bandages everyone’s eyes and passes 
first a hot baked potato. This is passed very quickly 
to the next, and all along the line little screeches follow. 
Next comes a chestnut burr, then a piece of ice, an old 
glove filled with mush, a large soup bone, a large grape 
without the skin, and an oyster. The horrid feel of 
these various things will keep the company squealing 
and when the last has been dropped into the witch’s 
kettle the bandages are removed and they may all 
look in. The old witch then stirs and stirs and later 
in the evening takes from the kettle written fortunes 
for each guest. 

GRAB BAG 

Into a large bag put a little bag for every girl pres¬ 
ent. In these little bags are small articles that will 
determine the occupation of the girls’ future husbands. 
A bottle of medicine (druggist), a pen (author), a ham¬ 
mer (carpenter), scissors and spool (tailor), and so on. 












HALLOWE’EN 


MORE FORTUNE TELLING 

In a tub of water launch little half walnut shell 
boats, each one with the name of a boy or girl written on 
it. Stand in the center of each boat a tiny lighted candle. 
If two boats float together, those persons surely will 
marry. If the lights burn brightly their lives will be 
happy and unadventurous. 

THE TOM GAT GAME 

This game can be played exactly like the old Donkey 
Game. Gut out a large black cat, minus his tail, from 
a sheet of black paper. Paste this on a large sheet of 
white or orange paper and hang on the wall at a height 
that can be reached by all the players. 

Gut strips of any kind of black paper or cloth, enough 
to give each player one, with a pin stuck through the 
end. These strips act as tails. Each player is blind¬ 
folded and turned around a few times, and is told to pin 
the tail as close as possible to where it belongs on the 
Tom Gat. The one who goes nearest, of course, wins 
the game. A new rendition of an old game with which 
you can have lots of fun. 

INVISIBLE SURPRISES 

Give each one an orange envelope which must not be 
opened until quite late. The paper inside seems blank 
but when held over a candle, the surprises, which are 
written in lemon juice, become readable. Something 
like the following will be found lots of fun—written 
with lemon juice instead of ink. 

4 4 In the front room two steps to the right 
Your lover waits for you tonight.” 

(The lover is a man cut from a fashion advertisement.) 

And so on. You can think of ever so many funny 
things to say—something that will “suit” for each of 
your guests. 

These games, with dancing, will fill up the evening 
nicely. The table for Hallowe’en should be as spooky as 
possible. A huge lighted pumpkin for centerpiece 
grins amiably upon the company. Little black cats 
at each place and smaller lanterns, paper witches riding 
on the tumblers and funny little goblins will add 
interest to the table. 



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HALLOWE’EN COOKIES 

3 tablespoons butter 
% cup sugar 

1 egg 

I tablespoon milk 
ip 2 cups flour 
i yi level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
pi teaspoon salt 
\p 2 squares chocolate 

Cream the sugar and butter 
together thoroughly, add well 
beaten egg,' then milk. Sift 
flour once before measuring and 
again twice after measuring to¬ 
gether with baking powder and 
salt. Chill dough, then roll pi 
inch thick and cut with a round 
cutter. Bake cookies in a 
moderate oven 10-15 minutes. 
When cooled, spread them with 
plain white icing and after this 
is firm, paint on Jack o’Lantern 
faces, using melted chocolate 
and a small camel’s hair paint 
brush. 



LIGHTED ICE CREAM 

3 cups cream 

3 cups milk 
cups sugar 

ip 2 tablespoons vanilla 

6 eggs 

Freeze until hard. For serv¬ 
ing, shape it with the usual 
cone shaped ice cream scoop. 
Quickly roll the cones in 
chopped nut-meats, place each 
cone on a plate, top it with a 
tiny candle in a birthday cake 
candleholder, or, the candles 
may be stuck in by means of 
toothpicks, and pour around 
each cone a sauce made by 
cooking together maple syrup, 
a few raisins and a bit of stick 
cinnamon for ten minutes, then 
chilling the mixture. Light the 
candles and serve. 


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THANKSGIVING PARTY 

(November) 

A PILGRIM Party is fun if your friends like to dress 
up. But a “come as you please” party is fun too. 
Send out your invitations on cards decorated with 
New England scenes, or pictures of fruit, or simply old 
Mr. Turkey, 

Come and be THANKFUL with us 
On (day, time and place) 

SOLEMNCHOLY 

When each guest comes put your finger to your lips 
and lead him into a room where two stiff rows of 
chairs have been set around the wall. Whisper in his 
ear that he must not speak nor smile and must twiddle 
his thumbs. After several minutes of this oppressive 
silence have someone with an Indian headdress and 
paper tomahawk rush suddenly into the room, giving a 
loud war whoop, and capture the “Pilgrim,” who is led 
to join the crowd. This continues until all the guests 
have arrived. 


INDIANS AND PILGRIMS 

Divide the company into two teams. Stand them in 
lines facing each other in the center of the room. At 
opposite ends of the room have bases for each team. 
One team are Indians and the other Pilgrims. A large 
cardboard, colored red on one side and gray on the 
other, is tossed up by the leader who stands between 
the lines. If the circle falls red side up the Pilgrims 
must try to catch the Indians before they reach their 
base. If the gray side turns up the Indians must chase 
the Pilgrims. Whoever is caught is a prisoner and 
must stand to one side. The game goes on till either 
the Indians or Pilgrims have all been caught and the 
other side is victorious. 


THANKSGIVING 
FRUIT POCKETS 

2 cups pastry flour 
2 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
yi teaspoon salt 
I heaping tablespoon butter 
JA, cup milk (scant) 

Sift flour, then measure, 
add baking powder and sift 
three times, chop in butter and 
mix with milk to a soft dough, 
turn out on a well floured 
board, roll out inch thick, 
cut the dough in ovals. On 
each put a spoonful of filling, 
brush edges of dough with white 
of egg, fold over to make a 
pointed oval cake, turn plain 
side up, press lightly to flatten. 
With sharp scissors make three 
short cuts across top. Sift over 
a little powdered sugar, place 
well apart on greased pans and 
bake in a quick oven till pale 
brown. 

Filling 

l /i cup chopped raisins 
yi cup chopped citron 
yi cup chopped nut meats 
X cup currants 

2 tablespoons granulated sugar 
yj teaspoon allspice 
ydt teaspoon cinnamon 
Pinch of cloves 
2 tablespoons orange juice 
I tablespoon lemon juice 

Mix ingredients together 
thoroughly before using. 


























THANKSGIVING 


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GOGOANUT CAKE FOR 
THANKSGIVING 

Yi cup butter 
cups sugar 
4 eggs 
i cup milk 
3 cups flour 

3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
y teaspoon vanilla 

Cream butter and beat in 
sugar gradually. Sift together 
baking powder and flour three 
times, and add to butter and 
sugar alternately with milk and 
flavoring. Add well beaten 
eggs. Bake in three layers in a 
moderate oven, and use the fol¬ 
lowing icing: 

Boiled Icing 

3 cups sugar 

1 Vs cups water 

2 egg whites 
teaspoon vanilla 

Cook sugar and water to¬ 
gether till it hairs; then pour on 
stiffly beaten whites of eggs, 
beating constantly. Add vanil¬ 
la. Spread on cake; then sprinkle 
cocoanut between layers and on 
top and sides of cake. 


PEANUT BRITTLE 

4 cups sugar 

2 cups peanuts , chopped fine 

Put the peanuts into a 
slightly buttered tin pan and 
set it on the back of the range. 
Cook the sugar in an iron frying 
pan, stirring it constantly that 
it may not burn. When the 
sugar is a clear, yellow syrup, 
pour it over the peanuts. Cut 
the candy into squares while it 
is still warm. 

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CRANBERRY STRINGING 
While they are resting up from this game give each 
person a needle and thread and a bowl of cranberries. 
At the end of five minutes ring a bell and award the 
honors to the boy or girl whose string is longest. 

PIE PUZZLES 

Give to each person a slip of paper with a little pie 
drawn up in the corner. Dictate the following questions 
and award a real pie to the person whose list is most 
correct. 

Why is pie like a cross old man? (Because 
it is crusty.) 

Why could a pie never grow into a giant? 
(Because it has too much shortening in 
it.) 

What great opera singer is described by a 
small pie? (Patti.) 

What bird ends in pie? (Magpie.) 

What pie describes a stilted walk? (Mince.) 

What circus animal has pie in its name? 
(Piebald pony.) 

How many pies can you name? 

What country is in everyone’s mouth at this 
season? (Turkey.) 

FRUIT BASKET 

Seat everyone in a chair and name each chair for a 
fruit, trying to give long and hard ones like alligator 
pear, persimmon, pomegranate, etc. Someone not 
seated points suddenly to a player and begins to count 
ten; before he reaches that number the player indi¬ 
cated must call his fruit name. When the leader calls 
“Fruit Basket Upset!’’ everyone must tumble out of 
his chair and rush to another chair, being careful to 
remember the name of his new chair. 

THE FLIGHTY FEATHER 
Get a small, flossy black feather from Mr. Turkey 
Gobbler, or any small feather will do. The players 
must sit in a circle as close together as possible. The 
hostess then throws the feather into the air as high as 
possible. The aim of the players is to prevent it from 
alighting on them by blowing at it when it comes in 
their direction. The player on whom the feather falls 
must pay a forefeit. This game can be made most 
exciting if all go into it in the proper spirit. 












THANKSGIVING 


A TEARING GAME 

Give each one of the players half a newspaper page. 
Then announce that there is soon going to be a wonder¬ 
ful exhibition of art and that everyone is to con¬ 
tribute a picture made by tearing the paper into the 
shape of a Turkey Gobbler. Ten minutes should be 
given for the contest and the hostess decides which is 
the best attempt. If difficult to decide among several, 
it could be left to a vote of the players. 

A RELAY STORY 

Some people are more gifted than others in the art of 
storytelling, but telling a story in this way is very 
amusing and everyone present is able to add his little 
bit to the fun. The hostess should select one whom 
she knows to be a good storyteller, who must begin a 
preposterous yarn of his own making. Then when he 
has talked half a minute, he tosses a cranberry to 
another, who takes up the story where he left off 
and continues for another half minute, when he tosses 
the cranberry to someone else, and so on, from one to 
another. No one knows who is going to be next and a 
real jolly time can be had if all enter into the spirit of 
the game. 

HARVEST HOME 

Give to each one a small basket to go marketing to 
find Thanksgiving goodies. Small glasses of jelly, 
oranges, apples, pears and other fruit have been hid¬ 
den and the person who most nearly fills his basket is 
the winner. 


THANKFUL THOUGHTS 

Have each guest now write on a slip of paper what 
he is most thankful for. After signing, the slips are 
collected—to be read during refreshments. 

THANKSGIVING TABLE 

A big pumpkin and a mass of fruit always make the 
loveliest center for Thanksgiving. Little cardboard 
turkeys or small footballs full of candy are suitable. 
Autumn leaves here and there give a nice touch. You 
might have the boys and girls match leaves for partners. 
Have two of each kind—maple, walnut, chestnut, oak, 
poplar and so on. Or cut the leaves in two, and 
distribute so that they match to complete the leaf. 


INDIVIDUAL 
PUMPKIN PIES 

3 cups cooked pumpkin 
or squash 

i cup light brown sugar 
i teaspoon cinnamon 

i teaspoon lemon or vanilla 
extract 

I quart rich milk 
3 eggs 

i teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon ginger 
l /2 teaspoon allspice 

Pie pastry 

Separate the eggs and whip 
up the whites until stiff. Beat 
up the yolks and add to the 
pumpkin, milk, sugar, extract 
and the spices; lastly fold in 
whipped egg-whites. Line two 
pie-plates with pastry and pour 
in the mixture. Just before 
serving, whip up some cream, 
and stir in some fresh shredded 
cocoanut, or some chopped nut 
meats, and pipe this in a border 
around the edge of the pie, or 
cover it completely if you de¬ 
sire. This amount will make 
two large pies or twelve indi¬ 
vidual pies. 

CHOCOLATE 
ICE CREAM 

i pint milk 
quarts thin cream 
% cup hot water 
4 squares unsweetened 
chocolate 
4 cups sugar 

2 teaspoons vanilla 

Melt the chocolate, add the 
hot water, and stir the mixture' 
until it is smooth. Pour it into 
the cream, add the sugar and 
flavoring, and freeze the mix¬ 
ture. 

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CHRISTMAS PARTY 

I don’t know which is best at all 
The turkey—or the tree 
The presents or the stockings 
Or the general jollity! 

The singing—or the Christmas bells 
The pudding—or the weather— 

But then—I’ve just a notion 
That it’s all of ’em together. 

T HAT makes December twenty-fifth the jolliest day 
in the year. And a Christmas Party is the best of 
all. The invitations can be sent on Christmas 
cards: 

An old fashioned party! A real Christmas one 
So come all prepared for some old fashioned FUN! 
Time and place. 

STOCKING FILLING 

Give each boy and girl a stocking made of netting 
and say that a mischievous Brownie has scattered 
the presents all over the room. This will start a merry 
hunt for the candy canes, small toys, and sugar 
plums you have hidden beforehand. There is a big 
peppermint cane for the finder of the fullest stocking. 

POP CORN STRINGING 

Only needles and thread and a big bowl of pop corn 
are needed here. Allow ten minutes and the boy or 
girl having the longest string will receive a big package 
of popcorn. Save the strings of popcorn for the tree 
trimming later on. 

JACK IN THE BOX 

Form a big circle with one person in the middle. 
When he calls “Jack’s in the box,” everyone must 


HOLIDAY FRUIT PASTE 

yd pound dates 
yd pound figs 
yd pound raisins 
yd pound sliced citron 
i tablespoon currant jelly 
yd cup powdered sugar 

Stone dates, pull the figs 
apart, mix with raisins and 
sliced citron and run all to¬ 
gether through a meat chopper. 
Press firmly into a shallow pan 
to about three-fourths of an 
inch thick. Cut in squares and 
roll in granulated or powdered 
sugar. These are especially 
good for children. 

CHOCOLATE CARAMELS 

2 yd tablespoons butter 
i cup brown sugar 
3 squares chocolate 
2 cups molasses 
yd cup milk 
Teaspoon vanilla 

Put butter into the kettle; 
when melted add molasses, 
sugar and milk. Stir until sugar 
is dissolved; when boiling point 
is reached, add chocolate, stir¬ 
ring constantly until chocolate 
is melted. Boil until when tried 
in cold water a firm ball may 
be formed in the fingers. Add 
vanilla just before taking from 
the fire. Turn into a buttered 
pan, let cool and mark into 
squares. 


















CHRISTMAS 


1 

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CHRISTMAS COOKIES 

cup fat 

I cup sugar 

Grated rind of one orange 

1 egg 

cup orange juice 
dpi cups flour 

djf level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 

Mix in the order given, al¬ 
ternating the orange juice and 
flour, which has been sifted at 
least twice with the baking 
powder. Chill. Use more flour 
for rolling, if necessary. Cut in 
star, diamond and crescent 
shapes, sprinkle with coarse 
granulated sugar. Decorate 
with halved almonds, raisins 
and candied fruits, or frost 
them. Bake in a moderate oven 
(about 360° F.). 

CHRISTMAS FRUIT 
CAKE (LIGHT) 

pi cup butter 

1 cup sugar 

P 2 cup raisins , seeded and 
chopped fine 

4 egg whites 

3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
yi cup milk 

2 ounces citron , cut fine 

If, cup walnuts , cut in pieces 

1 cups flour 

Cream butter, add gradually 
sugar. Beat egg whites to a 
stiff froth and add. Sift flour 
and baking powder together, at 
least twice, and add to the first 
mixture alternately with the 
milk. Add fruit and nuts. 
Bake in greased paper lined pan 
in moderate oven. Use any 
frosting. 

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crouch down and when he calls “Jack’s out of the box,’’ 
jump up again. But if he simply calls “Out of the 
box!’’ without putting “Jack’’ before it, everyone obey¬ 
ing the command is OUT. The three longest in the 
ring might each be given a Jack in the Box. 


HOLLY TOSS 

Hang a big holly wreath in the middle of the room. 
Give each person ten cranberries and let each try 
(standing some distance from the wreath) to toss the 
cranberries through the wreath. The boy and girl 
getting the highest scores are the winners. 


MISTLETOE 

A Christmas party would not be complete without 
granting the mistletoe some recognition. This game is 
always a lot of fun, especially when the victim is a 
blushing girl or an easily embarrassed boy. Place two 
chairs under a spray of mistletoe. A boy and a girl 
should stand back of the chairs and the guests are 
called into the room one at a time and invited to sit in 
one of the chairs. Usually a boy will sit in the girl’s 
chair and vice versa. Now the victim is blindfolded and 
is wondering what is going to happen when a kiss is 
felt on his cheek, the bandage is immediately removed 
and someone chides him about sitting under the 
mistletoe. He does not appreciate the joke until he 
sees the next guest go through it—the boys are kissed 
by a boy and the girls are kissed by a girl. 


CAROL SINGERS 

During the preceding game some boys and girls who 
have practiced beforehand should slip out and, donning 
old cloaks and feathered hats, ring the bell. When 
everyone comes out to see what it is, they should sing 
the old Christmas Carols, marching into the house 
and leading the way to the piano—for after all there is 
nothing so jolly as singing together the old well-loved 
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CHRISTMAS 


A CHRISTMAS TREE GAME 

Have the guests all sit around the Christmas tree 
and tell them that you know of many other trees that 
will keep them guessing. Then ask the following 
questions which must be answered with words con¬ 
taining “tre.” 

The tree that grows to enormous size (tremendous) 

The tree that makes an agreement 
between nations 

The tree that buys a soda for your best girl 

The tree that is false to our country 

TRIMMING THE TREES 

Two small untrimmed Christmas trees should be set 
up in different parts of the room. Beforehand, candy 
canes, apples ready to be tied on, strings of cran¬ 
berries and pop corn, and other inexpensive ornaments 
have been hidden in every place imaginable. Divide 
the company into two parts, restricting each to one 
part of the room. Finding the ornaments and trim¬ 
ming the trees is great fun especially when each group 
is trying to finish the tree before the other side finishes 
theirs. At the sound of sleigh bells both sides must 
stop and someone dressed as St. Nick bounces in, 
judges the trees and, after awarding sugar plums to 
the winning side, leads the way to supper. 

If the boys and girls are equal in number, Old St. 
Nick could first invite the girls to be seated and march 
the boys around the room, single file. St. Nick then 
bows before the hostess, the next boy bows before the 
girl seated next to the hostess and so on. The girls join 
them and the march is continued to the dining room. 
If the guests are not evenly divided, the seating at table 
should be arranged beforehand by means of place cards. 


(treaty) 

(treat) 

(treason) 


THE CHRISTMAS TABLE 

In the center you might have a mound of pop corn 
to represent snow, with a toy Santa and sleigh riding 
gayly over the top, and at each place a little green bay- 
berry candle for luck and a sprig of holly. There are so 
many ways to trim a Christmas table that one does not 
need many suggestions. 


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JELLY CAKE 

3 eggs 
i cup flour 

i level teaspoon Calumet 
Baking Powder 
I cup powdered'sugar 
3 tablespoons milk 
Pinch oj salt 

Sift flour, salt and baking 
powder together thoroughly. 
Beat whites and yolks of eggs 
separately. Mix sugar with 
beaten yolks, and add sifted 
flour, stirring gently; then add 
whites of eggs and milk. Mix 
thoroughly and pour into three 
jelly-cake tins and bake for 
15 minutes in a hot oven; when 
cold, spread with currant jelly, 
place each layer on top of the 
other, and sift powdered sugar 
on top. 

CANDY CANES 

Put in saucepan 2 cups sugar, 
yi teaspoon cream of tartar, and 
1 cup water. Bring to boiling 
point, and boil without stirring 
to 305 degrees Fahrenheit, or 
until it begins to discolor on edge 
of saucepan. Pour out on oiled 
marble slab or platter, cut off a 
small portion, color red, and 
keep in warm place. Pull re¬ 
maining candy as soon as it can 
be handled, flavoring with few 
drops oil of peppermint. Pull - 
out into a long strip and flatten 
it. Pull the red piece out to the 
same length and lay on top. 
Hold over the stove or in front 
of oven and pull as quickly as 
possible into thin strips and 
twist so the strips will be spiral, 
or shape into canes, baskets, 
ribbons, curls and balls. Other 
colors and flavors can be used 
to secure variety. 

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BIRTHDAY PARTY 

E VERY boy and gir! wants a Birthday Party—and a 
little verse like this makes a nice informal invita¬ 
tion: 

I have a secret for you 
Of course, you want to be told 
I’m going to have a party 
The day I’m—(10)—years old. 

So come to my house—(Tuesday)— 

—(date)—at four o’clock. 

We’re going to have a jolly time 
That will echo ’round the block. 

There is a strange custom among children on 
one’s birthday to “give him or her a whack’’ for every 
year. It would be funny to have a dummy rigged up 
in the entrance hall and invite each guest entering to 
“take his whacks” out of the dummy and the host 
(or hostess) then escapes the ordeal of a beating. 

THE BIRTHDAY GIFT 

Give crepe paper or tissue paper and pins to each 
guest to make a gift for the host (or hostess). Allow 
ten or fifteen minutes, and you will have an array of 
bonnets, boats, bouquets, bows, etc., which should be 
suspended from chandeliers and pictures around the 
house, and all given a vote as to which is the best gift. 

PROPHECIES 

What will we all be when we are ten years older ? 

This is like the old game of forfeits. The prophet is 
blindfolded and one at a time the guests stand. The 
host (or hostess) should tell the prophet in each case 
whether it is a boy or girl, and if you do it cleverly, you 
can give him a cue as to who it is, so he can make the 
prophecy fit. For instance, if Helen plays the piano, 
the prophet should say she will be a great musician, 
and if she is always playing with dolls, he should say 
she will be the mother of several babies. He will know 
Helen is standing, if you begin your remarks with a 
word beginning with H, like “Has Fate told you about 
this girl?” 


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GERTRUDE’S 
FAVORITE CAKE 

3 cups flour 

7.1/2 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
/ level teaspoon salt 
/ cup butter 
/ cup water 

4 eggs 

Flavoring 

1/ cups granulated sugar 

Follow method for Sunshine 
Cake. Bake either in layer or 
angel cake tins. Frost with 
pink or white icing. Select as 
many small pink candles as the 
guest of honor is old, and ar¬ 
range attractively on top of 
cake. Decorate sides of cake 
with roses, using pastry tube 
and butter cream frosting. 

DATE WHIP 

6 egg whites 

1 cup chopped dates 

1 cup chopped walnuts 

1 cup water 

2 teaspoons cornstarch 

2 tablespoons butter 

1 teaspoon vanilla 

1 cup sugar 

Cook sugar, dates, water, 
and cornstarch three minutes. 
Add chopped nuts,. flavoring, 
butter, and fold in beaten 
whites. Pour into a shallow 
buttered baking-dish and bake 
slowly 45 minutes in moderate 
oven. Serve with custard 
sauce. 

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BIRTHDAY PARTY 


CALUMET CREAM CAKE 

3 cups pastry flour 
3 level teaspoons Calumet 
Baking Powder 
p 2 cup butter 
cups granulated sugar 
Yolks of 3 eggs 
yi cup cold water or milk 

1 teaspoon orange extract 

Whites of 3 eggs 

Sift flour once, then meas¬ 
ure; add baking powder and 
sift three times; cream butter 
and sugar, add well beaten 
yolks, then flour and water al¬ 
ternately, then extract; beat 
long and hard and fold in light¬ 
ly the well beaten whites. 
Bake in moderately slow oven 
for 30 to 35 minutes. 

RAISIN CUP CAKES 

1 egg yolk 
1 cup sugar 
<1 eggs 

p 2 cup milk 

2 level teaspoons Calumet 

Baking Powder 

1 cup raisins 

cup butter 
1 tablespoon flour 

2 cups flour 

% cup shredded almonds 

Cream the butter and add 
the sugar gradually, and eggs 
and egg yolks well beaten. Then 
add the milk, flour mixed and 
sifted with baking powder, and 
raisins seeded and cut in pieces, 
and dredged with one table¬ 
spoon flour. Beat vigorously and 
turn into buttered individual 
tins. Sprinkle tops with shred¬ 
ded almonds and powdered 
sugar, and bake in a moderate 
oven. 

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When William stands, say “Will you say what this 
boy is going to do?” Be sure to begin your sentence 
with the right letter and be sure to say if it is a boy or 
girl. In case of two letters alike, use the last initial 
too. If two boys are named Thomas Allen and Teddie 
Smith, for one you could say “Try Awfully hard to see 
what is in store for this boy,” and “Tell Something 
about this boy.” Then he can “hit it right.” If Tom 
speaks well in school, your prophet can make him a 
great orator and if Teddie is always ready for a fight, of 
course he is going to be a prize fighter. 

YOU AUTO KNOW 

A great many children take pride in their ability to 
recognize the make of an automobile at a glance. Try 
these questions on them and find out how familiar they 
are with the names. 

What auto is called after a former President? (Lincoln) 
What do you do when in the path of an auto? (Dodge) 
What auto will find a person in a hotel ? (Paige) 

What auto is seen in the sky? (Moon) 

What auto has the same name as a famous 

battle in American history? (Lexington) 

What auto has the same name as a famous 

river? (Hudson) 

What auto is named after a famous Revolu¬ 
tionary General ? (Lafayette) 

Just about now, someone should suggest that the 
“great musician to be” should play a march, and as 
the guests march past a certain table, they will find little 
folded papers in two colors. The girls take one color 
and the boys the other. The papers are numbered and 
the boys and girls are thus paired off for the march to 
the dining room. 

THE BIRTHDAY TABLE 

Of course, the birthday cake with candles should have 
the center of the table, and the decorations should 
vary according to the season of the year. Crepe paper 
ribbons from the chandelier to each place form a pretty 
canopy over the cake. If you know the birth-month of 
each guest, the place cards could feature the birth- 
stone, and for favors you could have the right flower 
(either real or artificial) and a horoscope for the month 
of birth at each place. 


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YOUR CHILDREN’S FOOD' 

'/ ins book would fall short of nry intentions if it should 
close without touching uport the important question of 
nutritional feeding for growing children. 

In the selected recipes supplied by Yfelen Harrington Down- ' 
ing, the important question-of cost has bqen. borne in mind, 
but at all times cost is secondary in importance.to good diges¬ 
tion and good health. 

Y ‘ For good ..digestion, foods must be attractive', light and 
flavorsome. Heavy, leathery foods are never easily digested. 
It is well known that wherever Calumet Baking Powder is 
used,' foods are/raised to a fluffy, tempting lightness'that also 
insures wholesomeness. 

To be certain that your children are properly nourished, happy 
and 'strong, your first consideration should be a well-balanced 
menu. The body of the growing child requires something more 
than merely a supply of fats, carbohydrates and proteins. 
Mineral salts supply the bone-building elements and'furnish 
the chemicals necessary to the formation of various fluids and, 
digestive jyices that keep the tissues young and strong. : ’ im¬ 

portunately, you are able to supply these salts by combin¬ 
ing white flour foods,.known to be rich in these qualities* with 
fresh fruits, vegetables- and dairy products.. For variety as well 
as consistency in the well-rounded menu, combine the use of 
bread with cookies, muffins, cakes, etc. 

JVIarion Jane Parker 



HOW TO SECURE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE 
CHILDREN’S PARTY BOOK , 

If you are a Calumet user fill in the address slip found inside the 
can and mail it to me with io cents to pay wrapping and postage, 
and you will receive the book, all charges prepaid (otherwise you 
can remit the regular price of 50 cents). 

Address; MARION JANE PARKER, yf 

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